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Strong Triple Connected Domination Number of a Graph

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G. Mahadevan, 2,V. G. Bhagavathi Ammal, 3, Selvam Avadayappan, 4, T. Subramanian

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Dept. of Mathematics, Anna University : Tirunelveli Region, Tirunelveli. PG. Dept. of Mathematics, Sree Ayyappa College for Women, Chunkankadai, Nagercoil. 3 Dept.of Mathematics, VHNSN College, Virudhunagar.

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Abstract: The concept of triple connected graphs with real life application was introduced in [14] by considering the
existence of a path containing any three vertices of a graph G. In [3], G. Mahadevan et. al., introduced Smarandachely triple connected domination number of a graph. In this paper, we introduce a new domination parameter, called strong triple connected domination number of a graph. A subset S of V of a nontrivial graph G is said to be smarandachely triple connected dominating set, if S is a dominating set and the induced sub graph <S> is triple connected. The minimum cardinality taken over all triple connected dominating sets is called the triple connected domination number and is denoted by tc. A set D V(G) is a strong dominating set of G, if for every vertex x V(G) D there is a vertex y D with xy E(G) and d(x,G) d(y,G). The strong domination number st(G) is defined as the minimum cardinality of a strong domination set. A subset S of V of a nontrivial graph G is said to be strong triple connected dominating set, if S is a strong dominating set and the induced sub graph <S> is triple connected. The minimum cardinality taken over all strong triple connected dominating sets is called the strong triple connected domination number and is denoted by stc. We determine this number for some standard graphs and obtain bounds for general graph. Its relationship with other graph theoretical parameters are also investigated.

Key Words: Domination Number, Triple connected graph, Strong Triple connected domination number
AMS Subject Classification: 05C 69

1 Introduction
By a graph we mean a finite, simple, connected and undirected graph G(V, E), where V denotes its vertex set and E its edge set. Unless otherwise stated, the graph G has p vertices and q edges. Degree of a vertex v is denoted by d(v), the maximum degree of a graph G is denoted by (G). We denote a cycle on p vertices by Cp, a path on p vertices by Pp, and a complete graph on p vertices by Kp. A graph G is connected if any two vertices of G are connected by a path. A maximal connected subgraph of a graph G is called a component of G. The number of components of G is denoted by (G). The complement of G is the graph with vertex set V in which two vertices are adjacent if and only if they are not adjacent in G. A tree is a connected acyclic graph. A bipartite graph (or bigraph) is a graph whose vertex set can be divided into two disjoint sets V1 and V2 such that every edge has one end in V1 and another end in V2. A complete bipartite graph is a bipartite graph where every vertex of V1 is adjacent to every vertex in V2. The complete bipartite graph with partitions of order |V1|=m and |V2|=n, is denoted by Km,n. A star, denoted by K1,p-1 is a tree with one root vertex and p 1 pendant vertices. A bistar, denoted by B(m, n) is the graph obtained by joining the root vertices of the stars K1,m and K1,n. The friendship graph, denoted by Fn can be constructed by identifying n copies of the cycle C3 at a common vertex. A wheel graph, denoted by Wp is a graph with p vertices, formed by connecting a single vertex to all vertices of Cp-1. A helm graph, denoted by Hn is a graph obtained from the wheel Wn by attaching a pendant vertex to each vertex in the outer cycle of W n. Corona of two graphs G1 and G2, denoted by G1 G2 is the graph obtained by taking one copy of G1 and |V1| copies of G2 (|V1| is the number of vertices in G1) in which ith vertex of G1 is joined to every vertex in the ith copy of G2. If S is a subset of V, then <S> denotes the vertex induced subgraph of G induced by S. The open neighbourhood of a set S of vertices of a graph G, denoted by N(S) is the set of all vertices adjacent to some vertex in S and N(S) S is called the closed neighbourhood of S, denoted by N[S]. The diameter of a connected graph is the maximum distance between two vertices in G and is denoted by diam(G). A cut vertex (cut edge) of a graph G is a vertex (edge) whose removal increases the number of components. A vertex cut, or separating set of a connected graph G is a set of vertices whose removal results in a disconnected. The connectivity or vertex connectivity of a graph G, denoted by (G) (where G is not complete) is the size of a smallest vertex cut. A connected subgraph H of a connected graph G is called a H -cut if (G H) 2. The chromatic number of a graph G, denoted by (G) is the smallest number of colors needed to colour all the vertices of a graph G in which adjacent vertices receive different colour. For any real number , denotes the largest integer less than or equal to . A Nordhaus -Gaddum-type result is a (tight) lower or upper bound on the sum or product of a parameter of a graph and its complement. Terms not defined here are used in the sense of [2]. A subset S of V is called a dominating set of G if every vertex in V S is adjacent to at least one vertex in S. The domination number (G) of G is the minimum cardinality
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taken over all dominating sets in G. A dominating set S of a connected graph G is said to be a connected dominating set of G if the induced sub graph <S> is connected. The minimum cardinality taken over all connected dominating sets is the connected domination number and is denoted by c. A subset S of V is called a strong dominating set of G, if for every vertex x V(G) D there is a vertex y D with xy E(G) and d(x,G) d(y,G). The strong domination number st(G) is defined as the minimum cardinality of a strong domination set. One can get a comprehensive survey of results on various types of domination number of a graph in [17, 18, 19].Many authors have introduced different types of domination parameters by imposing conditions on the dominating set [15, 16]. Recently, the concept of triple connected graphs has been introduced by Paulraj Joseph J. et. al.,[14] by considering the existence of a path containing any three vertices of G. They have studied the properties of triple connected graphs and established many results on them. A graph G is said to be triple connected if any three vertices lie on a path in G. All paths, cycles, complete graphs and wheels are some standard examples of triple connected graphs. In [3] Mahadevan G. et. al., introduced triple connected domination number of a graph and found many results on them. A subset S of V of a nontrivial connected graph G is said to be triple connected dominating set, if S is a dominating set and the induced sub graph <S> is triple connected. The minimum cardinality taken over all triple connected dominating sets is called the triple connected domination number of G and is denoted by tc(G). In [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] Mahadevan G. et. al., introduced complementary triple connected domination number, paried triple connected domination number, complementary perfect triple connected domination number, triple connected two domination number, restrained triple connected domination number, dom strong triple connected domination number of a graph. In [10], the authors also introduced weak triple connected domination of a graph and established many results.In this paper, we use this idea to develop the concept of strong triple connected dominating set and strong triple connected domination number of a graph. Theorem 1.1 [14] A tree T is triple connected if and only if T Pp; p 3. Theorem 1.2 [14] A connected graph G is not triple connected if and only if there exists aH -cut with (G H) 3 such that = 1 for at least three components C1, C2, and C3 of G H. Theorem 1.3 Let G be any graph and D be any dominating set of G. then and equality hold in this relation if and only if D has the following properties. i. D is independent ii. For every there exists a unique vertex such that

Notation 1.4 Let G be a connected graph with m vertices v1, v2, ., vm. The graph obtained from G by attaching n1 times a pendant vertex of on the vertex v1, n2 times a pendant vertex of on the vertex v2 and so on, is denoted by G(n1 , n2 , n3 , ., nm ) where ni, li 0 and 1 i m. Example 1.5 Let v1, v2, v3, v4, be the vertices of K5. The graph K5(P2, 3P2, P3, 2P4, P2) is obtained from K5 by attaching 1 time a pendant vertex of P2 on v1, 3 time a pendant vertex of P2 on v2, 1 time a pendant vertex of P3 on v3 and 2 times a pendant vertex of P4 on v4, 1 time a pendant vertex of P2 and is shown in Figure 1.1.

v1 v5 v4 v2 v3

Figure 1.1 : K5(P2, 3P2, P3, 2P4)

2 Strong Triple connected domination number

Definition 2.1 A subset S of V of a nontrivial graph G is said to be a strong triple connected dominating set, if S is a strong dominating set and the induced subgraph <S> is triple connected. The minimum cardinality taken over all strong triple connected dominating sets is called the strong triple connected domination number of G and is denoted by stc(G). Any strong triple connected dominating set with stc vertices is called a stc -set of G. Example 2.2 For the graph H1 in Figure 2.1, S = {v2, v3, v5} forms a stc -set of H1. Hence stc(H1) = 3

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Figure 2.1 : Graph with

stc

= 3.

Observation 2.3 Strong triple connected dominating set (stcd set) does not exists for all graphs and if exists, then stc(G) 3. Example 2.4 For the graph G1 in Figure 2.2, any minimum dominating set must contain the supports and any connected subgraph containing these supports is not triple connected, which is a contradiction and hence stc does not exists.

G 1:
Figure 2.2 : Graph with no stcd set Throughout this paper we consider only connected graphs for which strong triple connected dominating set exists. Preposition 2.5 Let D be any strong triple connected dominating set. Then Proof The proof follows directly from Theorem 1.3. Observation 2.6 Every strong triple connected dominating set is a dominating set but not conversely. Observation 2.7 Every strong triple connected dominating set is a triple connected dominating set but not conversely. Observation 2.8 The complement of the strong triple connected dominating set need not be a strong triple connected dominating set. Example 2.9 For the graph H1 in Figure 2.3, = {v1, v2, v3} forms a Strong triple connected dominating set of H1. But the complement V S = {v4, v5, v6 } is not a strong triple connected dominating set. , .

v1

v2

v3

H1:
v4
Observation 2.10 For any connected graph G, (G) Figure 2.3.

v5
c(G)

v6

tc(G)

Figure 2.3 : Graph in which V S is not a stcd set

stc(G)

and the bounds are sharp for the graph H1 in

Theorem 2.11 If the induced subgraph of each connected dominating set of G has more than two pendant vertices, then G does not contain a strong triple connected dominating set. Proof The proof follows from Theorem 1.2. Exact value for some standard graphs:

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1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7)

For any path of order p 3, For any cycle of order p 3,

stc(Pp)

= =
stc(Km,n)

stc(Cp)

For any complete bipartite graph of order p 4,

(where m, n 2 and m + n = p ). For any star of order p 3 , stc(K1, p-1) = 3. For any complete graph of order p 3, stc(Kp) = 3. For any wheel of order p 4, stc(Wp) = 3. For any helm graph of order p 7,
stc(Hn)

(where 2n 1 = p).

8) For any bistar of order p 4, stc(B(m, n)) = 3 (where m, n 1 and m + n + 2= p). 9) For the friendship graph, , stc(Fn) = 3. Observation 2.12 For any connected graph G with p vertices, stc(G) = p if and only if G Theorem 2.13 For any connected graph G with p > 3, we have 3
stc(G)

P3 or C3..

1 and the bounds are sharp.

Proof The lower bound follows from Definition 2.1 and the upper bound follows from Observation 2.12. The lower bound is attained for C5 and the upper bound is attained for K1,3. Theorem 2.14 For a connected graph G with 5 vertices, stc(G) = p 2 if and only if G is isomorphic to P5, C5, W5, K5, K2,3, F2, K5 {e}, K4(P2), C4(P2), C3(P3), C3(2P2), C3(P2, P2, 0), P4(0, P2, 0, 0) or any one of the graphs shown in Figure 2.4.

v2

v2 v3 v5 v2

v2 v3 v5 v2

v2 v3 v5 v2

H1: v1
v4

H2: v1
v4

H3: v1
v4

H4:

v1 v4

v3 v5

H5: v1
v4

v3 v5

H6: v1
v4

v3 v5

H7: v1
v4

v3 v5

Figure 2.4 : Graphs with

stc

= p 2.

Proof Suppose G is isomorphic to P5, C5, W5, K5, K2,3, F2, K5 {e}, K4(P2), C4(P2), C3(P3), C3(2P2), C3(P2, P2, 0), P4(0, P2, 0, 0) or any one of the graphs H1 to H7 given in Figure 2.4., then clearly stc(G) = p 2. Conversely, let G be a connected graph with 5 vertices and stc(G) = 3. Let S = {v1, v2, v3} be a stc -set, then clearly <S> = P3 or C3. Let V S = V(G) V(S) = {v4, v5}, then <V S> = K2 or 2. Case (i) <S> = P3 = v1v2v3. Subcase (i) <V S> = K2 = v4v5. Since G is connected, there exists a vertex say v1 (or v3) in P3 which is adjacent to v4 (or v5) in K2. Then S = {v1, v2, v4} forms a stc -set of G so that stc(G) = p 2. If v4 is adjacent to v1, if d(v1) = d(V2) = 2, d(v3) = 1, then G P5. Since G is connected, there exists a vertex say v2 in P3 is adjacent to v4 (or v5) in K2. Then S = {v2, v4, v5} forms a stc -set of G so that P4(0, P2, 0, 0). Now by increasing the degrees of the vertices, by stc(G) = p 2. If d(v1) = d(v3) = 1, d(v2) = 3, then G the above arguments, we have G C5, W5, K5, K2,3, K5 {e}, K4(P2), C4(P2), C3(P3), C3(2P2), C3(P2, P2, 0) and H1 to H5 and H7 in Figure 2.4. In all the other cases, no new graph exists. Subcase (ii) <V S> =
2.

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Since G is connected, there exists a vertex say v1 (or v3) in P3 is adjacent to v4 and v5 in 2. Then S = {v1, v2, v3} forms a stc -set of G so that stc(G) = p 2. Since G is connected, there exists a vertex say v2 in P3 which is adjacent to v4 and v5 in 2. Then S = {v1, v2, v3} forms a stc -set of G so that stc(G) = p 2. Since G is connected, there exists a vertex say v1 in P3 which is adjacent to v4 in 2 and v2 in P3 is adjacent to v5 in 2. Then S = {v1, v2, v3} forms a stc -set of G so that stc(G) = p 2. Since G is connected, there exists a vertex say v1 in P3 which is adjacent to v4 in 2 and v3 in P3 which is adjacent to v5 in 2. Then S = {v1, v2, v3} forms a stc -set of G so that stc(G) = p 2. In all the above cases, no new graph exists. Case (ii) <S> = C3 = v1v2v3v1. Subcase (i) <V S> = K2 = v4v5. Since G is connected, there exists a vertex say v1 (or v2, v3) in C3 is adjacent to v4 (or v5) in K2. Then S = {v1, v2, v4} forms a F2. In all the other cases, no new graph exists. stc -set of G so that stc(G) = p 2. If d(v1) = 4, d(v2) = d(v3) = 2, then G Subcase (ii) <V S> =
2.

Since G is connected, there exists a vertex say v1 (or v2, v3) in C3 is adjacent to v4 and v5 in 2. Then S = {v1, v2, v3} forms a H6. In all the other cases, no new graph exists. stc -set of G so that stc(G) = p 2. If d(v1) = d(v2) = 4, d(v3) = 2, then G Since G is connected, there exists a vertex say v1(or v2, v3) in C3 is adjacent to v4 in 2 and v2 (or v3) in C3 is adjacent to v5 in 2. Then S = {v1, v2, v3} forms a stc -set of G so that stc(G) = p 2. In this case, no new graph exists. Theorem 2.15 Let G be a connected graph with p 3 vertices and has exactly one full vertex. Then
stc

= 3.

For, let v be the full vertex in G. Then S = {v, vi, vj} is a minimum strong triple connected dominating set of G, where vi and vj are in N(v). Hence stc(G) = 3. Theorem 2.16 For any connected graph G with p 3 vertices and exactly one vertex has (G) = p 2,
stc(G)

= 3.

Proof Let G be a connected graph with p 3 vertices and exactly one vertex has maximum degree (G) = p 2. Let v be the vertex of maximum degree (G) = p 2. Let v1, v2, .. and vp-2 be the vertices which are adjacent to v, and let vp-1 be the vertex which is not adjacent to v. Since G is connected, vp-1 is adjacent to a vertex vi for some i. Then S = {v, vi, vp-1 } forms a minimum strong triple connected dominating set of G. Hence stc(G) = 3. The Nordhaus Gaddum type result is given below: Theorem 2.18 Let G be a graph such that G and 2 stc(G). stc( ) (p 1) and the bound is sharp. have no isolates of order p > 3. Then
stc(G)

stc(

) 2(p 1) and

Proof The bounds directly follows from Theorem 2.13. For the path P4, the bounds are sharp.

3 Relation With Other Graph Theoretical Parameters

Theorem 3.1 For any connected graph G with p > 3 vertices, stc(G) + (G) 2p 2 and the bound is sharp if and only if G K4. Proof Let G be a connected graph with p > 3 vertices. We know that (G) p 1 and by Theorem 2.13, stc(G) p 1. Hence stc(G) + (G) 2p 2. Suppose G is isomorphic to K4. Then clearly stc(G) + (G) = 2p 2. Conversely, Let Kp for stc(G) + (G) = 2p 2. This is possible only if stc(G) = p 1 and (G) = p 1. But (G) = p 1, and so G which stc(G) = 3 = p 1 so that p = 4. Hence G K4. Theorem 3.2 For any connected graph G with p > 3 vertices, G K4.
stc(G)

+ (G) 2p 1 and the bound is sharp if and only if

Proof Let G be a connected graph with p > 3 vertices. We know that (G) p and by Theorem 2.13, stc(G) p 1. Hence (G) 2p 1. Suppose G is isomorphic to K4. Then clearly stc(G) + (G) = 2p 1. Conversely, let stc(G) + (G) = p. Since (G) = p, G is isomorphic to Kp for stc(G) + (G) = 2p 1. This is possible only if stc(G) = p 1 and which stc(G) = 3 = p 1 so that p = 4. Hence G K4.

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Theorem 3.3 For any connected graph G with p > 3 vertices,

stc(G)

+ (G) 2p 2 and the bound is sharp.

stc(G)

Proof Let G be a connected graph with p > 3 vertices. We know that (G) p 1 and by Theorem 2.13, Hence stc(G) + (G) 2p 2. The bound is sharp for K4.

p 1.

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